Candidate comparison · November 3, 2026

NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 005

No candidate recommendation is published until the evidence gate passes. The comparison below shows exactly what is known and missing.

Research in progress

Sam Davis III

Democratic

Ballot and finance records are available, but worker-policy and governing-record research is not yet complete.

Partial score
Not scored
Score coverage
0%
Evidence confidence
0%
Record comparison
insufficient evidence
Questionnaire
not received
Party/PAC money shown
Unknown
Viability
Viability unknown

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Official ballot and finance facts are available; policy research remains incomplete.

Bill Ward

Republican

Not recommended because validated evidence includes 2 high-risk and 2 material conflicts under the approved civil-rights methodology.

Partial score
33.15/100
Score coverage
81%
Evidence confidence
87.67%
Record comparison
not applicable
Questionnaire
not received
Party/PAC money shown
Unknown
Viability
Viability unknown

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Separate dimensions

Why the recommendation looks this way

worker policy alignmentNot available35/100
record reliabilityinsufficient evidencenot applicable
funding independenceinsufficient evidenceinsufficient evidence
democracy and ethicsinsufficient evidence10/100
transparencyinsufficient evidence86/100